Seems to me like the main barrier to smart use of DRE is actually VPPs.
If you think about it, the only reason VPPs exist is because it's impossible to participate to electricity markets (wholesale or ancillary) with small assets.
That leads to a whole range of regulatory headaches on how to aggregate these assets.
I feel like just indexing consumers on the spot market (above a certain size of consumption/production) would be the most straightforward way to unlock DREs.
Definitely one option, though in talking with folks the sheer quantity of DERs makes orchestration non-trivial. Most consumers also want a 'simple' solution, which makes an intermediary more necessary even if it's not as elegant.
Seems to me like the main barrier to smart use of DRE is actually VPPs.
If you think about it, the only reason VPPs exist is because it's impossible to participate to electricity markets (wholesale or ancillary) with small assets.
That leads to a whole range of regulatory headaches on how to aggregate these assets.
I feel like just indexing consumers on the spot market (above a certain size of consumption/production) would be the most straightforward way to unlock DREs.
Definitely one option, though in talking with folks the sheer quantity of DERs makes orchestration non-trivial. Most consumers also want a 'simple' solution, which makes an intermediary more necessary even if it's not as elegant.